NIGEB Director General visit to South Africa

Prof. Mohammadreza Zamani, as the representative of Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology visited South Africa on 18 and 19 July 2017. During the visit, he met Mr. Khaya Sishuba, the director of Euro-Middle East Bilateral Relations in the Republic of South Africa. One of important subjects discussed was the measures taken in both countries on “Joint Call for proposals in two disciplines of Biotechnology and Oceanography”. The next step would be the proposal evaluation and selection by a joint committee in South Africa.Moreover, preliminary negotiations on holding a joint workshop on Renewable Energies, Aerospace and Laser and Plasma were made.

Prof. Zamani has also visited the University of Pretoria, Bioinformatics and the Genetic Technologies Center. In the joint meetings with the officials of the university and research centers, they agreed on planning the exchange of postgraduate students and scientists, as well as the submission of bilateral research proposals in the near future.